Improvement in clothes-horses



T. W. GREEN. Clothes-Horse.

lvm-'215418. Patented May 6,1819.

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N. PETERS FHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

THOMAS W. GREEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH ES-HORSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,118, dated May (i,1879; application filed March 12, 1879.

To all whom t may concern: A

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. GREEN, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, andv State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andIniproved (llothes-Horse, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a neat and easily arrangedclothes -horse that can be fixed to the side of a room and adjusted toreceive a larger or lsmaller quantity of clothing at will.

The invention will be rst described-in connection with the drawings, andthen specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of`myimproved clothes-horse. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on line.fr x, and Fig. 3 is a top-plan view of the-same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the back of the clothes-horse,having on its front, on either side, plates B B, and to these plates isfixed a metal frame, C, with two narrow slots, a a, and between these abroad slot, b. At the top of the metal frame is a seniicircular plate,C', projecting at right anglesS from the frame, with its edge curveddownward and formed into loops c, with open spaces d between them. Atthe back edge of this plate is a selnicircular inout, e', over the slotb.

D represents another semcircular plate, with concentrieseinicirculargrooves e e on its upper side, and at its rear edge two ears, ff. Inthese ears, at the rear, are screwed studs g g, which pass through theslots a a and are pro vided on the ends with flat heads,which hold theplate D to the frame, but allow it to be lifted up and down, the slotsserving as guides. In this plate, at the rear, is a semicircularopening, lL, to give space for the arched con-l necting-piece t' at thelower end of the frame, over the slot b.

E is a convex shaft, with a groove on its rear side, which is passeddown through the opening e in plate C', and thence into slot b, in whichit moves freely, its lower end striking against the top of piece t'. Tothe npper end of shaft E, above plate G', is attached a semicircularplate, F, similar in forni to plate C', but its turned-over edge has theloops k arranged so as to be directly over the spaces f1 in plate C',and its spaces l over the loops c in plate C', as clearly shown in Fig.3.

From a plate, m, behind the shaft E project two ears, in which ispivoted a pulleyjn. A cord, o, passed up under arched plate t' in slot bis carried back over pulley n, and thence its end is carried down andattached to a lug, p, near the lower end' of shaft E. The grooved backof shaft E gives space for this cord between the shaft and the backplate of the horse.

The shaft E slips down until its lower end bears upon the piece fi whenthe horse is out of use or is to be filled; but by means of the cord oitcan be drawn up to the position it occupies in Figs. l and 2, a stud, q,preventing it from rising higher by coming in contact with the underside of plate C', and in this position it can be secured by passing aneye, r, in the rope over a pin, s, projecting from the under side of thepiece '5.

G represents the bars on which the clothes are hung. These are arrangedas follows: The plates C and F are designed to support two sets of bars,separated to give the proper distance between the clothing by drawingthe plate F up, as before mentioned. The bars are of the same length,and they are passed alternately through the loops and` slots by passingone, say, through loop c in plate C', and allowing its upper end to restin the space Z in plate F above. The next bar will be passed through aloop, k, in plate F, and in a space, d, mmediatelybelow in plate C', andso on until all the loops and slots are occupied.

Next, to adapt the bars to hold the clothing, they have to be throwninto a horizontal position. For this purpose the loops are used assupports, the bars are turned over the ends of the loops as afulcru1n,while the end of the bar beyond the fulcrum bears against theunder side of the plate, as clearly shown in Fig. l, .the bars of coursebeing drawn out far enough to allow the ends to turn up between theshaft E and the ends ot' the loops. Thus,

it will be seen, each loop serves as a support for a bar, and the spacebetween gives room for the bar to be thrown into a vertical position,forming a kind of rack, with their ends resting in the semicirculargrooves, as shown in Fig. 2.

In hanging the clothes on the rack, the upper plate with its row of barsis lowered down as t'ar as possible, until the end of' shaft E rests onIi. The hars are then arranged in a horizontal position and the clotheshung upon them. 'hen all are full they' are drawn up as far as they will,95o and secured, thus carrying` the clothes above the lower plate. Thebars in the lower plate are next arranged and lled.

When dry, the clothes are removed from the lower bars, which are turnedin the rack. The upper row is then lowered. the clothes removed, and theplate l) raised np near the ends ofthe bars, when they are thrown up, sothey can be placed in one of the grooves e without trouble, and thenthis is lowered, when the two parts C F will stand close together, andthe bars will he held in a vertical position, as in a rack, entirely ontot' the way.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The shaft E, held in groove b, and plate F,attached thereto, and having loops lc to receive and hold bars G andspaces l between said loops, in combination with frame C and plate C',substantially as described.

2. The combination and arrangement of frame C, with slots a a and b,plate D, held to the frame by studs g in slots a, the plate C', withloops c for bars G, and spaces d between, the shaft E, held in slot b,the plate F, with loops k for the bars and spaces l between, and thebars G, all combined, arranged, and operating; substantially asdescribed.

THOMAS WILBRAHAM GREEN.

Witnesses:

HENRY C. WARNICK, ALEXR. E. TURNER.

